Original Broadway Cast - Canceling The Bar Mitzvah

[TRINA]

Jason, if you want a Bar Mitzvah

God knows, you can have a Bar Mitzvah

But I have to know

And I have to know now

Just what it is you want

I've addressed the invitations

Here's your chance to give me Hell

If you think it's bust

Then it's probably just

As well


[JASON]

Can't we wait 'til Whizzer gets better?

Can't we wait 'til he's out?

That's what bar mitzvahs should be all about!

Good friends close at hand -

Don't you understand?


[MENDEL]

We can't be sure when

He'll get better

When, or if

He'll ever get better

But the hall is booked

And the band's been retained

So, Jason, please

What we'll do is your decision

There's no right and there's no wrong

Just say yes or no

And we'll promise to go along


[JASON]

Finally, now, it's all my decision

Like it's my bar mitzvah

Just like nothing happened

Hell, let's have a party

Just like nothing happened

Why don't you make this dumb decision yourselves

Okay?

Why don't you make this dumb decision yourselves?


[MENDEL]

We'll have the bar mitzvah?


[JASON]

No


[TRINA]

Then, we'll cancel the bar mitzvah?


[JASON]

No!


[TRINA AND MENDEL]

We'll wait until you make a decision


[TRINA(spoken)]

Now what do we do?


[MENDEL]

Why don't we tell him

That we don't have the answers?

And that life can be grim

Life's not all about him

And things rarely go according to plan

Tell him things happen

For no damned good reason

And his lack of control

Kills what's best in your soul

And this is the start

To his becoming a man


[TRINA]

Holding to the ground

As the ground keeps shifting


[MENDEL]

Trying to keep sane

As the rules keep changing


[TRINA AND MENDEL]

Keeping up my head

As my heart falls out of sight

Everything will be alright
[TRINA]

Jason, if you want a Bar Mitzvah

God knows, you can have a Bar Mitzvah

But I have to know

And I have to know now

Just what it is you want

I've addressed the invitations

Here's your chance to give me Hell

If you think it's bust

Then it's probably just

As well


[JASON]

Can't we wait 'til Whizzer gets better?

Can't we wait 'til he's out?

That's what bar mitzvahs should be all about!

Good friends close at hand -

Don't you understand?


[MENDEL]

We can't be sure when

He'll get better

When, or if

He'll ever get better

But the hall is booked

And the band's been retained

So, Jason, please

What we'll do is your decision

There's no right and there's no wrong

Just say yes or no

And we'll promise to go along


[JASON]

Finally, now, it's all my decision

Like it's my bar mitzvah

Just like nothing happened

Hell, let's have a party

Just like nothing happened

Why don't you make this dumb decision yourselves

Okay?

Why don't you make this dumb decision yourselves?


[MENDEL]

We'll have the bar mitzvah?


[JASON]

No


[TRINA]

Then, we'll cancel the bar mitzvah?


[JASON]

No!


[TRINA AND MENDEL]

We'll wait until you make a decision


[TRINA(spoken)]

Now what do we do?


[MENDEL]

Why don't we tell him

That we don't have the answers?

And that life can be grim

Life's not all about him

And things rarely go according to plan

Tell him things happen

For no damned good reason

And his lack of control

Kills what's best in your soul

And this is the start

To his becoming a man


[TRINA]

Holding to the ground

As the ground keeps shifting


[MENDEL]

Trying to keep sane

As the rules keep changing


[TRINA AND MENDEL]

Keeping up my head

As my heart falls out of sight

Everything will be alright
Falsettoland 1990 Original Off Broadway Cast

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Falsettos - Cancelling the Bar Mitzvah

CCHS production of Falsettos, December 2009.

The Falsettoland Bar Mitzvah

Featuring Julia Williams, Sabrina Schloss, Sinan Refik Zafar, Jaymie Bellous, Erin Suth, Galen Sato, and Amanda Carson.

Falsettos - Jason's Bar Mitzvah

CCHS production of Falsettos, December 2009.

Westen Meyer - Falsettoland / It's about Time from Falsettos

Feb. 2011. Video clip# 9/16.

Original Broadway Cast

Original Broadway Cast